Halifax sales assistant stole jewellery worth £150,000

Bradford Crown Court heard Graham Frost, 33, was already in debt following a failed online clothing business when he started working at Lister Horsfall Jewellers in 2015.

Frost’s crimes came to light in October 2015 when he was caught trying to leave the shop with two Rolex purses and Omega pens hidden in his bag.

Frost, of Penn Lane, Derby, pleaded guilty to stealing items worth £150,000, converting stolen goods into cash and possessing criminal property.

Barrister James Beck, for Frost, said it seemed liked his client began his offending and could not stop himself. Judge Jonathan Durham Hall QC was told that Frost faced losing his current employment and his accommodation if he was sent to jail, but he described the theft from the jewellers as “blatant, brazen and mean”.